BYM
See also: bym
English
Noun
BYM (plural BYMs)
- Initialism of bright young man.
- 1941, Fletcher Pratt, America and Total War (page 202)
- The officer whose division gets one is marked in his superior's books as a bright young man who will get attention when promotions come round, and the crew under the b.y.m. gets a ten-dollar bonus apiece and a chance to crow.
- 1983, Robert McCrum, In the Secret State (page 88)
- "You're terribly successful, you see, the BYM of the Directorate."
"BYM?"
"Bright Young Man." She emphasized the words carefully, looking straight at him.
- "You're terribly successful, you see, the BYM of the Directorate."
- 1941, Fletcher Pratt, America and Total War (page 202)